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fly the coop
verb as in abandon
Strongest matches
verb as in abscond
verb as in escape
verb as in flee
Strong matches
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in skedaddle
Example Sentences
But the Incorrigibles had already flown the coop, so to speak.
As the neutrons and protons fly the coop, they travel as radiation.
Big Bear Lake’s famed bald eagle couple has flown the coop, and naturalists are pointing to the city’s July 4th fireworks celebration as the likely culprit.
The woman hired to take care of it all — who had power of attorney over the property — had flown the coop, neighbors said, along with truckloads of goods.
But while “eggflation” has calmed temporarily, bird flu has not flown the coop.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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